Re: Moon Dust Threat?

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:37:47 -0600, Pat Flannery <flanner@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

The Russians use a semi-disposable approach to their suits; you do so
many (was it five?) EVA's with them and then toss them overboard, like
the one that was turned into a satellite fairly recently.

....IIRC, the five uses limit is a bit conservative, and was actually
urged by NASA even though the Ruskies feel the suits are good for at
least 10 EVAs of at least 6 hours in length. In fact, there's been
some discussions about not immediately dumping suits that are just out
of "warranty", and keeping at least three around for emergencies.

OM
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